Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:37:30 -0800 (PST) From: chrisa@uvic.ca To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running X without a videocard Message-ID: <58416.142.104.193.193.1227091050.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> In-Reply-To: <20081119112554.R6005@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <006b01c949da$2985e9f0$7c91bdd0$@com> <20081119112554.R6005@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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>> I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. >> There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we >> ran >> solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that >> > for fast network (LAN) > > > telnet/rlogin (better not ssh) > > export DISPLAY=IP-of-your-display:0 > then start X apps > > > make sure to allow on your local display connecting X program - > man xhost > > > for lower speed connection > > ssh -C -X yournetra > > then run X apps > > > for lowest speed connection run VNC. > > > if your local display run windoze you probably have only the last choice. > > i don't know if they are working X11 servers for windows. There are, in fact, in cygwin. The cygwin X11 server works quite well and is free.
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